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The judge told him he accepted he had been put under pressure to get involved and had taken steps to address his own drug use since his arrest.

He told him: "You placed your in this position by the company you kept. You had plenty of opportunities to involve the police. You played an operational role and were motivated by the financial advantage of reducing your debt.

"You must have had some awareness of the scale of the operation from the quantity of cannabis and the amount of money."

Mr Brian Fitzherbert, prosecuting, said police were called to a disturbance on Saturday August 5, 2017, where two masked men armed with an iron bar and sledgehammer were seen attacking McIver-Underwood's front door.

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Officers feared for his safety and broke in but then noticed a strong smell of cannabis and found the cannabis in a plastic bags in a cupboard and the cash in the kitchen.

McIver-Underwood's fingerprints were found in the tape used to seal up two of the bags. He was seen trying to drive off and was stopped by police. He claimed the drugs belonged to someone else and the cash was for a land deal.

Mr Gareth Evans, defending, said his client, who has no previous convictions, had been put under enormous pressure because of his drug debts and believed he was going to suffer serious physical harm unless he agreed to help the dealers.

He said McIver-Underwood would lose his job as a delivery driver and his rented home if he were sent to jail immediately.

He asked the judge to take into account a probation report which said he has suspected Aspergers and has been working with the drug service since September 2017.